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The Cyprus Bar Association has told its members that Vietnam and Panama are off the EU's list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions, and in the same…
The Cyprus Bar Association has told its members that Vietnam and Panama are off the EU's list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions, and in the same…
Does a one-off job become a client relationship only when the work comes back? AMLA's final draft EU standard adds a second question for lawyers, tax…
1 removed, 1 amended on the sanctions lists on 15 October 2026. The bulk landed in programme UN-SC1718 (1 entries). Top country by count: North Korea (1…
Most Brazil country-risk notes I see are a single line. That's the gap: there are four answers, and they don't move together. FATF's call-for-action list…
Simplified due diligence in Cyprus law is a permission, and its condition comes first. A firm may lighten the measures provided it has already satisfied…
Cyprus law sets no timetable for a firm's own money laundering risk assessment. It says the assessment is kept up to date. "Annually" is ICPAC's word, and…
The last 27 days on the sanctions lists, 15 September – 12 October 2026: 942 changes — 251 additions, 151 removals and 540 amendments across the EU, OFAC…
130 names came off the sanctions lists in the week of 5–9 October 2026. 80 of them came off under programme US-SDNT. A removal is not an all-clear. The…
The week dissected, 5–9 October 2026: 93 additions, 130 removals and 199 amendments across the EU, OFAC, UK and UN lists. Who the entries concern: 280…
Cyprus's financial intelligence unit, MOKAS, says a suspicious transaction report fails submission if its narrative is not more than 400 and less than…
Customers you already have are not grandfathered. AMLA's final draft EU standard on customer due diligence says their files must be brought in line within…
Most firms go back to a client's due diligence when something new happens: a new deal, a new owner, a bigger sum. Cyprus law also sends them back when…
Cyprus law requires the compliance officer to be senior. It does not require a board seat. Senior, as the Law defines it, means knowing enough about the…
1 removed, 52 amended on the sanctions lists on 8 October 2026. The bulk landed in programme GB-AQD (10 entries). Top country by count: Afghanistan (8…
Albania files rarely fail on the FATF question. They fail on the date. Four lists decide the answer — FATF's call-for-action and increased-monitoring…
A one-off job under €15,000 is not, by that fact alone, outside due diligence. In Cyprus law €15,000 is one of several amounts, each tied to a particular…
A client you never meet in person is not, by that fact alone, a higher-risk factor under Cyprus law. The factor is a remote relationship or transaction…
The last 27 days on the sanctions lists, 8 September – 5 October 2026: 690 changes — 218 additions, 20 removals and 452 amendments across the EU, OFAC, UK…
4 names came off the sanctions lists in the week of 28 September – 2 October 2026. 1 of them came off under Libya sanctions (UN-SC1970). A removal is not…
The week dissected, 28 September – 2 October 2026: 134 additions, 4 removals and 198 amendments across the EU, OFAC, UK and UN lists. Who the entries…
62 added, 53 amended on the sanctions lists on 2 October 2026. The bulk landed in programme US-IRAN-EO13902 (22 entries). Top country by count: Russia (16…
18 added, 3 removed on the sanctions lists on 1 October 2026. The bulk landed in programme US-SDGT, US-TCO (18 entries). Top country by count: Venezuela…
Most China files don't get the country-risk answer wrong. They get it once, and never revisit the date. Four separate lists decide it — FATF's…
The last 27 days on the sanctions lists, 1–28 September 2026: 308 changes — 87 additions, 16 removals and 205 amendments across the EU, OFAC, UK and UN…
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